diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/commits_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/commits_helper.go
index 188e9d60a..5404ac5c5 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/commits_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/commits_helper.go
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ func (self *CommitsHelper) OpenCommitMessagePanel(opts *OpenCommitMessagePanelOp
 	self.c.Context().Push(self.c.Contexts().CommitMessage, types.OnFocusOpts{})
 }
 
-func (self *CommitsHelper) OnCommitSuccess() {
-	// if we have a preserved message we want to clear it on success
+func (self *CommitsHelper) ClearPreservedCommitMessage() {
 	self.c.Contexts().CommitMessage.SetPreservedMessageAndLogError("")
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/working_tree_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/working_tree_helper.go
index 4d0d1e9da..69d5fa23f 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/working_tree_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/working_tree_helper.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (self *WorkingTreeHelper) handleCommit(summary string, description string,
 	self.c.LogAction(self.c.Tr.Actions.Commit)
 	return self.gpgHelper.WithGpgHandling(cmdObj, git_commands.CommitGpgSign, self.c.Tr.CommittingStatus,
 		func() error {
-			self.commitsHelper.OnCommitSuccess()
+			self.commitsHelper.ClearPreservedCommitMessage()
 			return nil
 		}, nil)
 }
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (self *WorkingTreeHelper) switchFromCommitMessagePanelToEditor(filepath str
 	// access to the last message that the user typed, and it might be very
 	// different from what was last in the commit panel. So the best we can do
 	// here is to always clear the remembered commit message.
-	self.commitsHelper.OnCommitSuccess()
+	self.commitsHelper.ClearPreservedCommitMessage()
 
 	self.c.LogAction(self.c.Tr.Actions.Commit)
 	return self.c.RunSubprocessAndRefresh(